Posts made in November, 2025

Devotions for a Busy Business Person, no. 287 – Forgiveness We have spoken about shalom and flourishing. We have spoken about justice. I would propose the third leg of the stool of hope that allows us to sit quietly and work at our vocation with that inexplicable peace : forgiveness.  “The sins of the entire world get drowned in the sea of God’s love like a stone thrown into water. So, there can’t be any space for despondency,...

Devotions for a Busy Business Person, no. 286 – Justice and Shalom Shalom is never abstract. It never floats free from the real decisions we make. In Scripture, shalom is always braided with justice (mishpat) and righteousness (tsedaqah). You cannot have one without the other. Amos refuses to let us imagine peace without fairness, wholeness without integrity, worship without right relationships.  “Let justice roll on like a...

Devotions for a Busy Business Person, no. 285 – Shalom While cycling with Andrew today, we talked about shalom. He said it was more than peace, and paraphrased what Myron Penner had taught him. “Shalom is when everything is flourishing as God intended to be.” Myron Penner This statement resonates with me. The whole focus of Regen.Global is flourishing – a flourishing, physically and spiritually, rooted in Christ. “For God...

Devotions for a Busy Business Person, no. 284 – A kind of praying Let’s continue the theme of self-care started in Business Devotions 283 – Oxygen Mask. “Sit with a story over the winter and learn it. Be gentle with yourself for at least an hour a day. Check up on a friend. Do something humanised and human-sized in the monstrous-sized calamities we hear about daily. That’s my advice. All of that can be a kind of praying....

Devotions for a Busy Business Person, no. 283 – Put on your own oxygen mask first  My colleague  Mike Baer recently wrote about putting team before self.  This advice needs more nuance. “Put self last and team first” is important (Philippians 2:3–4) yet it can also be dangerous if taken out of context. Building team through servant leadership is essential, but if it comes at the cost of the leader’s...